Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-10-14
the Michigan Central, was stabbed in a

was taken TO Albion where tue wound
was dressed, after which he was taken to
! his home in Jackson.
Clement Robe, aged 30 years, a wiper in
the Flint a. Pere Marquette roundhouse in
] East Saginaw, was struck by tho pilot
| beam OF passenger engine on the Bay
! City division and killed. lie was an old
soldier and had besn in the encampment
at Bay city. He was intoxicated.
The report of the state salt inspector
shows there was inspected during the
month of September 1913 barrels OF salt
in Michigan. distributed AS follows: Sag
NAV county, ll9,49l barrels; Bay, 9l,sO4;
Manistee, 1890; Iosco, 44,4s2; Huron, "a,
| 54l; st. Clair, 50449; Mason, %, 101; Mid
land, ?, $50; total, 49, 75l Since the begin
ming OF the inspection year, December
last, there has been inspected 3,296,6lS
barrels.
Dorrence w Villains died in Battle Creek
over 40 years ago, and the remains we're
buried in Oakhill cemetery. The remains
were disinterred few days ago and the
skull was found turned on one side and
! lying in the corner Both bony hands
were clinched against il. The body was
turned over. The knees were pressed 20
the chin. The position OF the body told
| OF terrible desperation and gave reason
TO believe that Williams was buried
alive
a terrible accident occurred on the
| Chicago 4 Grand Trunk railway near
Edwardsburg. t. r. Reed, IA blacksmith,
and we'll known citizen, had taken his
daughter Addie to Grange to take the fast
/ 4 -,
near Edwardsburg, on crossing. the
same train on which his daughter was,
running at 40 miles an hour, struck him
and so injured him that he died two hours
ter. Mr.. Reed was prominent Mason
and was buried with Masonic honorS.
Last February the clothing store of j.
VI. LenhoH of East Saginaw wa, badly
damaged 10y fire The stock was insured
IN the Connecticut of Hartford, Phoenix OF
Brooklyn, Insurance Company of North
America, London q Globe, but the insur-
auce companies declined 10 pay the
amount claimed by Lenhoii. The latter
assigned the claims of 1915 10 George
| w. Morley, who has commenced suit
through his attorney, Congressman Tars-
ney, against the companies for the amount.
Capt. Clement W. Stone, son of DR.. j.
| A. b. Stone and brother Of James II.
| Stone of the Detroit Tribune, died sudden
| ly at his home in Kalamazoo on the Sd
/ inst, after long illness, aged a. years.
| In the war he was captain of Sixth Michi-
! gan heavy artiIery, under Col. Curtenius,
and after the war engaged in business at
Mobile with "a brother, and later for three
years conducted the Daily Telegraph of
Kalamazoo, with his brother HOratio, now
deceased. While resident OF Roscom-
mon county he was active in politics and
was elected to the legislature
A party of capitalists from Chicago and
Alton, ILL.,, have closed a contract for the
purchase of the National water gas plant
of Jackson with the intention OF convert
ing it into a plant for the manufacture of
the new light and fuel known as the Fan
nehkeln incandescent gas light. They
own the patents and have money TO oper-
ate it. They viii furnish fuel at 7jc per
thousand cubic feet, and for lighting pur-
poses for Sl.25 and propose to put it into
houses and remove IT if not satisfactory.
The enterprise has met with favor, and
number of Jackson capitalists arc inter
ested in it.
ISOLATION OF northeastern Michigan were
elected at Bay City as follows President,
\. T. Bliss Saginaw City; vice-president,
d. W. Hitchcock, Midland; second vice
presidents, T. b. Main, Midland county;
T. F. Land, GeneSee; David Scott, Oak
land: Samuel Atwood, Tuscola l.. G..
Wilcox, Bay; G. W. Hilton, Huron; Dan
! c. Kinney, Saginaw; George l. Ferguson,
Lapeer, secretary, c. ID. Ball, East Sagi-
nav; treasurer, Riley Jones, East Sagi-
nav; executive committee, Victor b.
| Rottiers, Birch Run; Dan w Kinney,
| Saginaw City; DR.. w. II. Russell, Clio;
! W. H. Morgan, Pontiac; J. ". Smell, Mid
land. Meeting next year at East Sagi-
nav.
Richard Rose, a we'll known farmer and
bee culturist OF East Saginaw, has just
been through a singular experience. As
he was taking up a hive of honey recently
| he was stung on the end of tue middle
finger Of the right hand. In few minutes
he became insensibe, while his finger and
arm swelled up 10 enormous size. His
condition appeared 10 closely resemble
catslepsy, and during the succeeding -
hours all efforts TO restore him to con
seriousness proved futile. At the end of
the time mentioned he regained his senses
and about the same time the swelling be-
gan TO subside and soon entirely disap-
peared. He feels peculiar in the hand and
arm, but otherwise does not mind his ex-
perience. He had been stung many times
before and experienced little trouble,
AT the fifteenth annual session Of the
Michigan Grand Lodge, knights of
Pythias held in Detroit Oct. and ), the
following officers were elected, headed 10y
the retiring Grand Chancellor, +. 7. Ben
nett Of Bay county, as post grand chan
cellor; grand chancellor, Philip T. Col.
grove, Hastings grand vico-chsncellor,
Ii. S. Robertson, Breedsville, grand pre-
late Orno Strong Nashville; grand mas
ter OF the exchequer j. VI. LenhoR- East
Saginaw; grand keeper OF the records and
seal, James w. Hopkins, Lansing; grand
master ats arms, Miles y. Curtis, Battle
Creek; grand inner guards, II. J. Foot
lander Muskegon; grand outer guard, ID.